Sports Round-up

From the Principal’s Desk

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Tarawera High School, River Road, Kawerau Phone: 07 323 6553 or 0800 827293 Fax: 07 323 6552 Email: office@tarawera.school.nz Tarawera High School, River Road, Kawerau Phone: 07 323 6553 or 0800 827293 Fax: 07 323 6552 Email: office@tarawera.school.nz

Kia ora koutou–

STORIES from the PAST

After the re-structuring of the Kawerau Schools took place in 2011-2012 and the closure

of Kawerau North, Central, Intermediate and the College; the Ministry of Education

approved surplus funding to go to the four existing schools in the form of money called

the Joint Schools Initiative Funding (JSIF).

The overarching purpose for all JSIF is-

“…to allow the co-operative development of projects for community-wide, multi-school initiatives for the improvement of educa-

tional achievement in Kawerau”

Principals of Kawerau Putauaki School, Kawerau South School, Te Whata Tau o Putauaki, and Tarawera High School developed

objectives for this fund and they have been the education focus in Kawerau since 2013.

To improve professional and governance practices in all Kawerau schools.

To improve student health and well-being in Kawerau

To improve all Kawerau student attendance and engagement in learning, including enhancing community-school partner-

ships and improving year level transitions.

To strengthen the sense of cultural identity of all students in Kawerau.

To further develop curricula so that programmes of learning meet the needs of all Kawerau students.

Over the last 18 months significant work has been done to produce a greater sense of cultural identity for our Kawerau children.

This has been supported through the efforts of Heemi Hill in assisting all schools with their tikanga programmes in preparation for

their respective festivals.

In addition to this Mr Stuart Cook (Kawerau South) and Mrs Ripeka Lessels (Te

Whata tau o Putauaki) have also spent time in getting the original book

‘Stories from the Past’ first printed in 1975, republished in bright, bold colours for

all Kawerau Schools and new residents to our town.

Friday 16th August saw Tuwharetoa ki Taupo Kaumatua, Te Kanawa Pitiroi visit

Kawerau and unveil the new book in front of representatives from each

school, the Kawerau District Council, Kawerau Cosmopolitan Club (original

sponsors in 1975), Mrs Myrene Reynolds, previously a Teacher Aide at Kawerau

North who did the original illustrations and many long serving teachers from

Kawarau’s past- Ngawaina Melbourne, Rangi Simpson, Berice Jullian, Osonia

Hoterini (ex- Kawerau North), Puti Coates (ex- RTM), and Kath Hiki (ex-Kawerau

College)

Jessie Savage Netball Tournament

IMPORTANT DATES

September 6th

Celebrating Success 5-7pm

September 13th

Year 6 Open Day (9:15 - 12 noon) & Parent

Evening 6pm

September 13th

School closed at 12:30 pm for Staff Paid Union

Meeting

September 14th

Year 7 Boostrix Vaccinations

September 19th - 20th

2017 Enrolments

September 20th

Parent Teacher Conferences

Sports Fees!

Our winter sports have now finished, but there

are still fees owing on a number of these sports.

Whānau, in order for sports to continue to be a

positive part of the students’ school life & their

learning, sports fees need to be paid. Please

support our sports teams

and your son’s/daughter’s

participation in sports by

ensuring that their fees are paid in full.

Please contact the school office if you

need to make alternative arrangements

to pay sports fees.

Students will not be eligible to go the next level, eg EBOP, BOP

or AIMS if their local fees have not been paid.

Mrs Helen Tuhoro

PRINCIPAL

First X1 Soccer

The first X1 soccer team had a good season, with a lot of new play-

ers joining. Learning new skills and having fun, and have created a

good bond with each other. With a good ending to the season

they won their last game 4-0, which put them in 4th place overall. A

big thank you to the coach Gemma Mitchell, and our manage-

ment team Sandy Mitchell and Maria Puutu.

On Tuesday 23rd August the Year 7-8 netball team went to the an-

nual Jessie Savage Netball tournament in Te Teko. They were using

this as a pre-AIMS games warm up tournament, and it was a very

successful day out for them. The team were undefeated all day,

winning the Year 7-8 title. This wasn’t their only success. They also

won the prize for the best uniform and shared the goal aggregate

trophy with Allandale School.

Good Luck to all our year 7 and 8 students that are representing

Tarawera High School in the AIMS Games in Netball, Hiphop

and Indoor Bowls.

Aims Games

Aliciah Rangiaho

NZQA – Credits for Driver Licence

These are the standards available to students as an

acknowledgement of prior learning. The process will be that

students will advise the Career Development Centre that they

have achieved the licence, the documents will be completed

and then an email will be forwarded to Mr Metcalf, advising

the student’s name and the licence

type achieved. Mr Metcalf will enter

the standards on KAMAR and

documentation will be kept at the

Career Development Centre. Mason

Glen is the first student on the program

to receive a learner l icence.

Congratulations Mason, well done.

Learner Licence

US29363

Learn to drive a vehicle within the conditions of a Class 1 New

Zealand Drivers Licence

Level 1, 2 Credits

Restricted Licence

US29364

Learn to drive a vehicle within the conditions of a Class 1 New

Zealand Restricted Drivers Licence.

Level 2, 4 Credits

Full Licence

US 29365

Learn to drive a vehicle within the conditions of a Class 1 New

Zealand Full Drivers Licence

Level 2, 2 credits

Become a volunteer Firefighter

If you are 17 years old and you think you’ve got:

Strength – for when the going gets tough

Heart – to protect people and places

Character – to do extraordinary things

Commitment – to being fit, alert and ready for

action

Team Player – because safety is a team game

Community Spirit – to make a difference where

you live

You can apply to become a volunteer firefighter. More details

in Career Development Centre.

Careers Schedule 9 Sept - 9am –9.45am Liaison Visit

Waikato University

Celebrating Success

Join us to celebrate the success Tarawera High School has

enjoyed since moving into the new facilities.

Chinese speech competition

S e v e n t e e n s c h o o l s w e r e

represented at the mandarin

speech contest, held at Western

Heights High School on August 19.

Tarawera students Majean Rogers

and Nikia Davis placed first in their

respective categories. This is the first

year Tarawera students have

learnt Mandarin. Majean and

Nikia have learnt basic Mandarin

this year and were selected to

compete because of their talent.

After only having six months of the

mandarin language programme they competed against

students who had been working with full time teachers for

many years. At the end of the speech Nikia sang a beautiful

Mandarin song to show love and respect for her mother and

Majean added māori perfomances into his speech.

Trout

On 19th August a group of junior students went to the Fish and

Game Trout-Rearing Facility in Ngongataha. They were shown

around the facility and saw the trout eggs being harvested first

hand. The students were given a batch of eggs to take back

to school to raise themselves. The school has recently set up a

tank in one of the science labs and with the senior students

help have also set up a filter and chiller. The eggs have now

hatched and the trout fry can be seen swimming around the

tank. The students will raise the trout for the next few months

and will then release them into the Ruruanga Stream. This

stream has recently been part of a clean-up programme also

conducted by our students. The goal is to help restock the

Ruruanga stream annually with trout for future fishers.

Paid Union Meeting

Staff from all other Eastern Bay of Plenty schools will be

attending a stop work meeting on the afternoon of Tuesday

13th September. Please be advised that in the afternoon

Tarawera High School will have limited staff available to

supervise students who are unable to go home at 12.15pm.

Please contact the school office is your child requires

supervision. Buses will run at 12:15am.

Newsletter September 2016 Term 3

Outdoor Education

26 students from the year 11 Outdoor

Education class have only just dried

out from what was a very soggy

three day tramping experience! As

part of their tramping, camping and

nutrition assessments students

headed into the Kaimai Range to

spend a night at Waitawheta hut

and Daly's Clearing. Students were expected to lead their

group for 30 minutes each day and

were asked to put their map reading

and navigation knowledge to the

test. Despite the unfavorable

weather all students showed

resilience and tenacity, and coped

well with the challenges of sleeping in

wet tents and cooking in small

spaces.

Music Trip Last week six senior students

headed to Wellington for three

days to look at the music

programme at Whitireia in

Porirua.We stayed with Ms

Hoskins parents (pictured with

students in front of van). Four of

the students auditioned for the

certificate in contemporary,

Rock and Jazz music and later

in the week we heard that all

four students have been

accepted! This course becomes

a four -year degree in

contemporary, rock and jazz

music. Well done guys!

Tarawera High School …...where MANA flows

Visit from Waikato University- Te Ahurutanga Maori Leadership

Program

On 24th August Tarawera High School hosted a group of

tertiary students from the Waikato University Te Ahurutanga

Maori Leadership programme. A group of senior students and

staff hosted the visitors in the whare tapere. The visit was a

wonderful window into the wider world for our students who

learned first hand about the journey facing them after they

leave Tarawera High School. Many a seed was planted that

may develop into a career ranging from engineering to

nursing! The visit began during lunchtime and our guests were

quick to mingle with students, with a few sporty types joining

the Year 7 and 8 handball

games! The modern learning

environment and integrated

curriculum made quite an

impression on the visitors as

did the manaakitanga shown

by our students as they

proudly showed off what

Tarawera High School has to

offer students in Kawerau.

School Defibrillator

On Thursday 22nd August 10 staff & senior students undertook

training to be able to use our Defibrillator. We learnt how to

do CPR correctly and if this did not work how

to operate our new school defibrillator. We

learnt some very important skills which

hopefully none of us will need to use.

Tarawera High School has recently

purchased a defibrillator which is held at the

school office for use in an emergency.

NZQA Fees

NZQA fees need to be

paid by the 14th of

September, a late fee payment will occur

if the fee is not paid

by this date.

Week 7 Āwhina: Tuakana Teina

Week 8 Ngākau Pono: Responsible for own actions

Week 9 Ako: Goal setting/subject selection

Mason Glen

Majean Rogers, Nikia Davis

Rangi Hohepa, Peter Brown

Jordan Biship-Smith

Troy Koia

9 Sept - 11am

Liaison Visit

Massey University

Celebrating Success Evening

6th September 2016

Students are putting on a repeat performances of Dance,

Music and Kapa Haka at:

5pm and 6.15pm

OPEN DAY

September 13th

Year 6 Open Day 9:15 - 12 noon

Parent Information Evening 6pm

Performing Arts Centre